"Belgian" Chocolate Comes to Yogyakarta, Indonesia

When Belgian Thierry Detournay came to Yogyakarta to work as a lecturer for a local university nine years ago, he missed having good chocolate.

Semarang revives Old City to lure tourists

Semarang is progressing fast and developing into a leading business city, although floods caused by heavy rain and high tides affect some parts of the city.

Semarang is the country's third largest business city after Jakarta and Surabaya. It became a business city during colonial times after the establishment of Dutch trading company Verenigde Oost-Indie Compagnie (VOC) in 1705. Previously, the Dutch business center was in Jepara, Central Java.